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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jackson County prosecutors say a second suspect is charged in a triple killing in Kansas City. Twenty-one-year-old Joshua Bell faces three counts of second-degree accessory murder and four other charges in the October 2021 deaths of 24-year-old Kanen X. Wheaton, 23-year-old Johnnai Owens and 24-year-old Devon Key. The three victims

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A second Kansas City worker has died from injuries after a trash truck crashed and caught fire. The crash happened Tuesday morning on Interstate 435 in northeast Kansas City. Police say the driver of the truck lost control while trying to exit onto Front Street, and the truck then overturned

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Freshman Devin Carter had 17 points and eight rebounds, Jermaine Couisnard also scored 17 points with seven assists and South Carolina beat Missouri 73-69. South Carolina was ahead 51-40 with 9:56 left but only made two of its next 10 shots as Missouri got within 58-55 at 2:22. Carter ended South

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers have taken up a bill that would ban transgender girls and women from competing in female only sports. A Senate committee on Tuesday debated the proposal. The measure would put limits on transgender girls and women but not transgender boys and men. It would

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A new monthly survey suggests that worries about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, soaring inflation and rising interest rates combined to undermine the confidence of business leaders in nine Midwest and Plains states. Creighton University economist Ernie Goss said businesses also fear the war may worsen the ongoing supply chain problems and

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City worker died and two others were critically injured when a trash truck they were in crashed and caught fire. The crash happened Tuesday morning on Interstate 435 in northeast Kansas City. Police Sgt. Bill Mahoney said the driver of the truck lost control while trying to exit

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Prosecutors are recommending that a former Kansas City police detective be sentenced to nine years in prison for the fatal shooting of a Black man. Eric DeValkenaere, who is white, is scheduled to be sentenced Friday for the death of Cameron Lamb in December 2019. He was convicted in December

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — South Carolina’s Aliyah Boston is the Southeastern Conference women’s basketball player of the year. She has also been named the league’s defensive player of the year for the third straight season. The top-ranked Gamecocks’ star headlined the honors that were released Tuesday and voted on by the league’s coaches. Her coach,

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has named a longtime state health official as the new acting director of the Department of Health and Senior Services. Parson on Tuesday appointed Paula Nickelson to the position. By designating her as an acting director, Nickelson can begin working

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Houston, Texas, man has been sentenced in Missouri to five years in federal prison for defrauding two men out of $1.6 million. Federal prosecutors say 58-year-old Duc Nguyen was sentenced Monday. Nguyen pleaded guilty last year to one count of wire fraud. Prosecutors say he persuaded Phillip Hudnall of

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A U.S. Senate candidate for Missouri says she has no plans to delete a transphobic tweet that violated Twitter’s rules against hateful conduct. Twitter suspended Vicky Hartzler’s personal account on Monday, saying she won’t be able to tweet, retweet, follow or like posts until she deletes the tweet. The mid-February tweet

HARRISONVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A 33-year-old Missouri man is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the drug overdose death of a woman last year. The Cass County Prosecutor’s Office alleges that Kyle Calhoun, of Garden City, sold methamphetamine and fentanyl to 39-year-old Amy McConville, of Harrisonville. She was found unresponsive at a Garden City home last

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A judge has cleared the way for newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises to use a voting system that will ensure two longtime directors are reelected at its upcoming annual meeting despite the objections of a hedge fund that is trying to buy the company. The Davenport,

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Senate candidate Vicky Hartzler’s campaign says she has no plans to delete a tweet in which she wrote, “Women’s sports are for women, not men pretending to be women,” even after Twitter said she won’t be able to tweet, retweet, follow or like posts until she does. Twitter on Monday suspended

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — In a story published Feb. 27, 2022, about Alden Global Capital’s latest lawsuit against newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises, The Associated Press erroneously reported that a judge threw out Alden’s lawsuit. The judge rejected Alden’s motion for an injunction but didn’t throw out the lawsuit.

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and HILLEL ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The wave of book bannings around the country has reached a level not seen for decades. So has the level of the response. It ranges from local activists like the Florida Freedom to Read Project, founded by two mothers living in Orange County,

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two men accused of fatally shooting a woman who crashed into their car last month have been charged with murder. Television station KSDK says 22-year-old Thomas Shelton and 24-year-old Douglas Shelton-Herron are each charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the Feb. 11 death of 39-year-old Lekeshia Stokes. Police

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former St. Louis police officer who was set to plead guilty in the 2017 beating of a Black colleague who was working undercover is now taking his case to trial. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Christopher Myers’ trial on a federal charge of destruction of evidence is scheduled for

MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. (AP) — A 25-year-old St. Louis woman pleaded guilty to several charges related to the 2018 stabbing death of a suburban St. Louis man and his 22-month-old son. The St. Louis County prosecutor’s office said Monday that Onyai Turner admitted her involvement in the stabbing deaths of Malcom Mathis II and his